bring

[ bring ]
/ brɪŋ /

verb (used with object), brought, bring·ing.

Verb Phrases

Origin of bring

before 950; Middle English bringen, Old English bringan; cognate with Dutch brengen, German bringen, Gothic briggan

synonym study for bring

1. Bring, fetch, take imply conveying or conducting in relation to the place where the speaker is. To bring is simply to convey or conduct: Bring it to me. I'm permitted to bring my dog here with me. It is the opposite of take, which means to convey or conduct away from the place where the speaker is: Bring it back here. Take it back there. Fetch means to go, get, and bring back: Fetch me that bottle.

OTHER WORDS FROM bring

bring·er, noun out·bring, verb (used with object), out·brought, out·bring·ing.

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bring

bring fetch1 take (see synonym study at the current entry)

British Dictionary definitions for bring up (1 of 2)

bring up

verb (tr, adverb)

to care for and train (a child); rear we had been brought up to go to church
to raise (a subject) for discussion; mention
to vomit (food)
(foll by against) to cause (a person) to face or confront
(foll by to) to cause (something) to be of a required standard

British Dictionary definitions for bring up (2 of 2)

bring
/ (brɪŋ) /

verb brings, bringing or brought (tr)

Derived forms of bring

bringer, noun

Word Origin for bring

Old English bringan; related to Gothic briggan, Old High German bringan

Idioms and Phrases with bring up

bring up

1

Raise from childhood, rear. For example, Bringing up children is both difficult and rewarding. [Late 1400s]

2

Introduce into discussion, mention, as in Let's not bring up the cost right now. [Second half of 1800s]

3

Vomit, as in She still felt sick but couldn't bring up anything. This usage was first recorded in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719).